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Hello and Welcome to the 20th annual Building Museums™ Symposium located at the “Gateway to the West:”

On behalf of the Mid Atlantic Association of Museums (MAAM) Board and the Building Museums™ Planning Committees, we are excited to welcome you to St. Louis, MO for the 2025 Building Museums™ Symposium. Enjoy the Symposium!

Thursday March 6, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am CST
In 2025, we see wildfires and floods, accelerated by climate change; and DEI rollbacks and anti-trans backlash, accelerated by politics. The urgent causes that the museum community faces are long-standing and hard to fix. What next? How can building projects advance these efforts?

In a first-ever Building Museums joint keynote, thought leaders Sarah Sutton, Joel Sanders, and Jonathan Alger will take the stage. Sarah Sutton and Joel Sanders will discuss barriers, solutions, and paths forward from the perspectives of their innovative practices. Sarah Sutton, an influential expert in environmental sustainability for museums, will share the work of Environment & Culture Partners’ projects as examples of collaborative work to benefit the field. Joel Sanders, architect and professor, will share the MIXmuseum initiative, projects and research conducted over the past six years dedicated to making museums better meet the needs of the diverse audiences they hope to attract.

Jonathan Alger, moderator, is Managing Partner of the design firm C&G Partners and creator of the podcast and newsletter Making the Museum.

Learning Objectives
  1. Recognize the depth and breadth of climate action in the cultural sector, and how that connects to and reflects larger social issues. 
  2. Understand the dimensions of inclusion, how they’re expanding for the sector, how that connects to and reflects larger social issues
  3. Explore inspirational examples from committed senior practitioners today; feel hopeful for continued advances; understand where to find examples among peers; and recognize resources available for their work and ways they can directly engage in advancing the work
  4. Recognize how environment and inclusion foster the well-being of staff and visitors, which is critical to the operation of museums and the sustainability of the sector.
Speakers
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Joel Sanders

Principal, JSA/MIXdesign
Joel Sanders, FAIA, is the founding Principal of JSA/MIXdesign, an architectural studio and inclusive design consultancy dedicated to making everyday building types accessible and welcoming to people of different ages, genders, abilities, cultural identities, and religions. In addition... Read More →
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Jonathan Alger

Managing Partner, C&G Partners
Jonathan Alger is Managing Partner and Co-founder of the design firm C&G Partners, working in interactive cultural space and experiential design. He is also the creator of the podcast and newsletter "Making the Museum.” His clients include the 9/11 Museum, Bronx Zoo, Cornell, Gates... Read More →
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Sarah Sutton

CEO, Environment & Culture Partners
Sarah is a longtime museum professional with two decades of work on sustainability and climate action in the field. She is the CEO of Environment and Culture Partners (ECP), a nonprofit accelerating climate action in the cultural sector. ECP partners with other experts and with funders... Read More →
Sponsors
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Altieri

Altieri has provided MEPF engineering design services to architects and building owners for 65 years. The firm is entrusted with designing optimal environments for museum, theatre and performing arts, higher education, and distinguished private residential projects. Our reputation... Read More →
Thursday March 6, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am CST
Grand DE, Hyatt Regency 315 Chestnut St, St. Louis, MO 63102

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